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1: Full
Coverage: Nicolas Berg Beheading
Firas Al-Atraqchi: Zarqawi Be Damned - Nicholas Berg screamed. He screamed when he saw the sword brandished in the hands of one of his captors. He screamed when he was pushed down on the ground and his held pulled back, ready for the slaughter. ...
2:
Firas
Al-Atraqchi: Zarqawi Be
Damned
Nicholas Berg screamed. He screamed when he saw the sword brandished in the hands of one of his captors. He screamed when he was pushed down on the ground and his held pulled back, ready for the slaughter.
3:
Why
Not Just Genetically Engineer Women For
Milk?
MAdGE (Mothers Against Genetic Engineering in Food and the Environment) today launched a highly controversial billboard campaign in Auckland and Wellington to provoke public debate about the social and cultural ethics of genetic engineering in New Zealand.Advertisement - scroll to continue reading
4:
Iraq:
Beheading Of Civilian Condemned
Amnesty International condemns in the strongest terms the abduction and beheading of an American civilian by an armed group, Muntada al-Ansar, in Iraq - a video of which was released yesterday. The organization is appalled by the public display ...
5:
Images:
U.S.Troops In Iraq Sexual Abuse
Photos
*** WARNING: This page contains graphic images of sexual abuse seemingly being committed by US Troops against Iraqi civilians and POWs. While images have been edited to remove sexually explicit details, many of the images remain highly offensive. Please view ...
6:
NZ
Broadband Prices Very Competitive –
OECD
New Zealand broadband customers are getting good value. And New Zealand is doing well getting broadband to rural areas, the OECD has also found.
7:
Images:
Lord Of The Rings Exhibition At Te
Papa
In anticipation of the release of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, the central instalment in writer/director/producer Peter Jackson's epic trilogy based on the J.R.R. Tolkien masterpiece, Te Papa proudly announces a world exclusive and a bold ...
8:
Scoop
Link: Seymour M. Hersh - The Gray
Zone
The roots of the Abu Ghraib prison scandal lie not in the criminal inclinations of a few Army reservists but in a decision, approved last year by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, to expand a highly secret operation, which had been focussed on ...
9:
Bush
Condemns Brutal Execution of Nicholas
Berg
THE PRESIDENT: I want to express my condolences to the family and friends of Nicholas Berg. Nicholas Berg was an innocent civilian who was in Iraq to help build a free Iraq. There is no justification for the brutal execution of Nicholas Berg -- no justification ...
10:
Suzan
Mazur: Peak Oil - Debate Or
Vendetta?
I sometimes think peak oil has already hit Manhattan as subways become increasingly unpredictable (although surveillance cameras are state-of-the-art) and escalator shut-downs present stair master survival challenges, a kind of perverse underground ...
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12:
A
Chance To Meet Mary-Kate And Ashley In
LA
The ZM radio network in association with the mary-kateandashley brand is searching for New Zealand's biggest Mary-Kate and Ashley fan! The winner and two companions will get to meet the most famous teenagers on the planet in their home city, Los ...
13:
No
Right Turn: Somebody's Going To Jail
Seymour Hersh's latest instalment in the New Yorker is earth-shattering:
14:
Images:
1 Million Cubans March Against US
Policy
CUBA PROTESTS AND ACCUSES By Ángel Rodríguez Álvarez http://www.ain.cubaweb.cu/english/may13edprotest.htm
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16:
Public
Address 17/05/04 - Running On
Empty
Dear Island Life? Where are you? Got any more quizzes planned? How's Mary-Margaret? I'm very well indeed, and thanks for asking. I have this habit of saying "yes" to anyone who asks me to do a job - or at least any job that sounds like fun…
17:
Act's
The Letter - 17 May 2004
The Primary, The Budget, The surplus, Family Facts, Beneficiaries the Winners, Brash's Economic Policy, War in Digital...
18:
Don
Brash Address - A New Agenda For
Maori
May I begin by thanking you all - the President Judy Kirk, regional office-holders, electorate office-holders, delegates, Parliamentary colleagues - for the tremendous effort you have all put in over the last year. It has been a turbulent year. But ...
19:
Israel
Agents Send NZ Message Via Asian-Based
NGOs
Non-Government-Organisations with New Zealand connections are being sent a stern message from the Israeli intelligence community apparently in retaliation for New Zealand openly trying two suspected Israel intelligence connectives on passport charges.
20:
NZ
Vets Arrive In Cassino - North By North-West
CASSINO, ITALY -- New Zealand World War II veterans have arrived at the place of a famous battle at Monte Cassino, Italy.
21:
Brash
demonstrates his ignorance
again
National leader Don Brash’s ill-informed latest attack on Maori tertiary students confirms he has no idea what he is talking about and has instead resorted to making up stories, Associate Education (Tertiary Education) Minister Steve Maharey said ...
22:
Full
Coverage: Abu Ghraib Torture Scandal
(2)
Just when I thought I couldn’t feel more disgust in this race-to-the-bottom ''war against terrorism,'' both sides attain new depths of human depravity.
23:
Scoop
Feedback: Death and Casualty From
Iraq
The following feedback has been received from Scoop readers in response to our decision to publish graphic pictures from Al Jazeera showing the true horror of war.
24:
Progressive
saves centre-left Majority
post-Turia
Mrs Tariana Turia's decision to resign from Labour today in order to establish a new Maori party which apparently supports privatising the justice system threatens neither the stability of the Labour-Progressive government nor the Centre-Left's ...
25:
Nuclear
Notes Reveal Brash Amateurism
Rt Hon Winston Peters has described the release of the MFAT notes on the Brash meeting as unfortunate, but revealing of Dr Brash’s inexperience and inability to handle foreign affairs issues.
26:
Martin
LeFevre: Whirling on the Axis of Twin
Evils
Just when I thought I couldn’t feel more disgust in this race-to-the-bottom ''war against terrorism,'' both sides attain new depths of human depravity.
27:
Corporate
Political Censorship Runs Wild
It appears that the Corporate Media giants have decided to cripple the efforts of the most effective critics of Bush Republicanism going into the 2004 Presidential elections.
28:
PM
welcomes new film projects
Prime Minister Helen Clark has welcomed the announcement at the Cannes Film Festival that two new films are to go into production in New Zealand.
29:
Emirates
Springs Dubai Summer
Surprises
Emirates Airline is offering its customers worldwide a fantastic opportunity to experience northern summer fun in Dubai with travel packages that start from as little as US$29.
30:
Scoop
Archive: UQ Wire: 9/11 Visibility Project - Action
Alert
A number of AMAZING breakthroughs are taking place right now within the 9/11 Truth movement. There are so many, in fact, that we decided to compile them together into this single ACTION newsletter, rather than send them out one at a time.http://www.scoop.co.nz/archive/scoop/stories/37/e7/200405141149.61e7bd7f.html
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Ian Powell: Cuba And New Zealand: A Relationship Worthy Of Strengthening
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Binoy Kampmark: Israel’s Anti-UNRWA Campaign Falls Flat
Peter Dunne: Luxon Gets Out His Butcher's Knife - Briefly
Binoy Kampmark: Warring Against Encryption, Australia Is Coming For Your Communications
Gordon Campbell: On Fast Track Powers, Media Woes And The Tiktok Ban